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Four Reasons Public Agencies Take a Chance on Driverless Transportation
Despite making headlines on a daily basis, driverless vehicles are still a relatively nascent technology. Automakers and tech companies run tests around the world and a few cities have even ventured into true passenger operations, but the technology is far from ubiquitous. In fact, … Continue reading
The Unintended Consequences of Driverless Vehicles
We often hear about the really positive consequences that are likely to come from driverless vehicles, including safety and improved mobility, and the negative consequences, including potential increased congestion and loss of jobs, but there are a host of other … Continue reading
Do We Really Need to Own Driverless Cars?
I don’t even want to own a manual car today, so I certainly don’t want to own a driverless car in the future, but will others want to? The car companies would, seemingly, want us to keep buying vehicles (driverless … Continue reading
Posted in Driverless Car Future
Tagged car ownership, cars, driverless, driverless cars, driving, mobility, self-driving car, technology
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Driverless Cars are Going to be More Than Just Cars
During my Monday morning commute, I’d love to take a driverless vehicle that includes a spinning class. On Friday evening, I’d love to take a four wheel drive driverless shared vehicle to Tahoe for skiing. And if I weren’t already … Continue reading
Posted in Driverless Car Future
Tagged chrysler, disruptive technology, driverless cars, Lyft, mercedes, panasonic, self-driving car, technology, tesla, Uber
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Driverless Vehicles News….and the Lack Thereof
Despite the fact that driverless vehicles continue to make headlines, I must admit that the “news” hasn’t really been new! States continue to consider new legislation around driverless vehicles. Pilots continue to pop up around the world. Academic institutions continue … Continue reading
Posted in Driverless Car Development
Tagged driverless cars, gartner, hype cycle, media, news, technology, technology hype cycle, testing
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Driverless Vehicle Ethics – Should We Care?
I think I’ve avoided this topic long enough. The types of questions the industry is often faced with are: How will the vehicle decide who to kill: the driver or other people? And will the vehicle have knowledge to make … Continue reading
Posted in Driverless Car Impacts, Uncategorized
Tagged driverless cars, ethics, Germany, MIT, moralmachine, self-driving car, technology
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Should Road User Charging be Introduced along with Driverless Vehicles?
I was happy to find that a consistent theme at the ITS World Congress this year was on the importance of shifting to road user charging to fund infrastructure investments. The idea behind road user charging is that people pay … Continue reading
How Driverless Vehicles Could Impact Parking
“We have significant parking demands today, but should we invest in a parking structure that may not be needed in a few years?” “Will we need all of the parking that we have today?” “How can we make sure driverless … Continue reading
My First Driverless Vehicle Riding Experience!
I’m ashamed to say that it has taken me two weeks to write about one of the highlights of my trip down under….I got to ride in a driverless shuttle in Perth, Australia! Earlier this year, the RAC (a private … Continue reading
The Biggest Barrier to Driverless Vehicle Adoption: Human Acceptance?
Here are just a few stats from some surveys that have been conducted recently: In the United Kingdom, 73% of people would not give up driving in exchange for a driverless car and 38% of people would not likely buy … Continue reading
Driving Towards Driverless Cars 